Comments by "Peter Lund" (@peterfireflylund) on "POLAND RISES: New Prime Minister Elected - Donald Tusk | Ukrainian War Update" video.

@kacperdudenko6828 no, President of the European Council. The job that Charles Michel (former Belgian PM) has now. President of the European Commission is the job Ursula von der Leyen has now and that Jean-Claude Juncker (former Luxembourgish PM) had before her. Council vs Commission. Very different beasts.
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Europe has done much more to keep the Ukrainian economy afloat than the US + we host millions of displaced Ukrainians. We were slightly behind on weapons support but are now a bit ahead and are like to get quite far ahead. I thought this was common knowledge?
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@Dave5843-d9m it isn’t, actually. It’s just your lack of familiarity that makes you think so. Look at any country or transnational body — in detail! — and you will find that it seems overwhelmingly complicated at first.
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@BenjaminVestergaard a better comparison would be Council=Bundesrat, Commission=Bundesregierung, Parliament=Bundestag (using Germany as the model). Or using the Netherlands as the model: Council=the first chamber, Commission=cabinet, Parliament=second chamber.
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@BenjaminVestergaard alright, think of the Council as Kommunernes Landsforening but with real power — more power than regeringen (Commission). The fact that we allow government ministers to be members of parliament in Denmark (and many other European countries) is a disgrace and completely against the ideal of separation of powers, both in the American sense and in the Montesquieuan sense.
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@BenjaminVestergaard ok, så prøver vi på dansk. Rådet repræsenterer medlemslandene. Rådet har det sidste ord og de andre organer eksisterer kun på grund af traktater mellem medlemslandene. Det er derfor jeg sammenligner det med det tyske Forbundsråd som repræsenterer de 16 forbundslande. Det ville være som hvis kommunerne havde det sidste ord i Danmark i stedet for regeringen (sammen med kongen, dvs dronningen). Du kan også betragte det som en bestyrelse der lader en direktion (Kommissionen) stå for det daglige ledelsesarbejde.
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